Category: Collaboration

Welcome to our bi-weekly recap of the week’s best articles surrounding collaboration.
3 Tips for Better Speech Intelligibility
Workers are less productive when their meetings are peppered with “Can you repeat that?” Ditto for students, who don’t learn as well when they strain to hear classmates and the instructor. But when an audio system maximizes speech intelligibility in a room, everyone benefits. For example, in classrooms, intelligibility facilitates what’s called “secondary learning.”
Take Advantage of Mobile Cloud. What Are You Waiting For?
As organizations seek ways to maintain real-time connections with their workforce and customers in an increasingly digital and mobile-centered world, the growth …

The American Telemedicine Association’s Senior Director of Public Policy, Gary Capistrant, and Director of State Policy Latoya Thomas, joined together to discuss several telehealth bills and regulations as well as state policy developments for the month of September.
What’s New with ATA
The ATA is scheduled to launch an Accreditation Program recognizing US and Canadian Organizations who provide direct or online healthcare consultations that meet specific standards for online healthcare consultants online patient care programs. This program will launch in November. ATA members will receive an invitation to pre-register during the month of October.
Congress:
Members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee …

The globalization of manufacturing in recent years has given companies the ability to design, build and manage from anywhere in the world. This global distribution, although beneficial in many ways, can also create problems with communication and collaboration if not managed correctly.
Implementing various collaboration tools to ensure efficient communication and proper process management is one way organizations can help to alleviate this problem. Collaboration technologies help to improve the visualization of communication and allow people in different facilities to quickly exchange ideas, information, and resolve issues. These tools can also improve production processes and R&D.
Check out our infographic to learn more!

The topic of cloud video conferencing comes up frequently here on the blog as well as around the collaboration industry as a whole. IVCi’s latest offering, Cloud Video Experience, provides a complete video collaboration service from the cloud that includes virtual meeting rooms, endpoint subscriptions, and software for desktop computers and iPads.
The specifications of these services are good to know but the question really is how can a cloud service, such as CVE, help my business?
Ensure Quality Across The Globe
Many multinational organizations invest in visual collaboration technology in their data centers through the purchase of hardware and software. These devices …

Creating content for digital signage can be a fun, creative process that lets you experiment with various graphic design elements including color, text, and layout. However, it is important to remember that the end goal of any digital signage is to inform people or get them to do something. Therefore when designing content it is important to remember your audience and follow the rule that form always follows function. Understanding certain design elements will help you to create a successful digital experience that highlights your brand and set your organization apart.
BOLD GRAPHICS
When designing your content you want to ensure that …

According to Forbes, one in every 5 Americans works from home, and the number is continuing to rise. With an increasingly globalized workforce, and technology resources and tools becoming more prevalent and easy to use, telework is growing at a rapid pace. Likewise, some of the common pitfalls of telework include lack of routine and productivity issues However, as a remote employee, I think there are a handful of less common challenges that can also trouble employees who work from home.
Here are some of those challenges and a few easy solutions:
1. “Email Refresh Exhaustion”
When working on projects or assignments there …

Welcome to our bi-weekly recap of the week’s best articles surrounding collaboration.
The Dotted Line Required for Social Business Success
As leaders embrace the importance of culture and community in building a brand the focus and value of a brand is now shifted to the place it’s supposed to be, the people! The word “Social” in social business is the major change that leaders and brands must embrace which means a new focus must be made on improving who, how and why we communicate.
Best practice tips for video interviewing
HR professionals know better than most that we are seeing significant changes in the …

Ready to bring collaboration tools into your classroom? Educators are looking for ways to create technology-infused learning environments designed to foster collaboration. Here are a few tools for effective collaboration and why you should adopt them.
Cloud Storage:
Need to lighten up the backpacks? Here’s an easy way, students and teachers can store and share files and projects on the cloud. Cloud storage allows for easy collaboration, no more emailing back and forth and worrying about who has the final document. Cloud collaboration allows users to share folders, documents and update any changes made in real time. Cloud Collaboration allows for instant …

What’s New with ATA
Webinar hosted by Institutional Council – Today, from 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. EDT – on Internal Awareness and Adoption
Webinar hosted by the ATA Policy team – Thursday, August 28th from 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. EDT – on Trends for Telemedicine Policy and Winning Tactics
ATA Fall Forum – September 7-9 2014, JW Marriot Desert Springs Resort: Some of the sessions include validated research on products and projects showing effectiveness in the areas of price reduction, quality and access.
ATA annual meeting is May 3-5, deadline for the call for presentations is September 15th
The American Telemedicine Association paid special attention …

Audio visual (AV) integration creates a meeting space that facilitates collaboration and interactivity among participants. The seamless combination of different AV technologies and tools provides an environment customized for effective brainstorming and sharing ideas; thereby enhancing creativity and decision making. As a result, many organizations are opting to install AV rooms to help drive innovation.
The plethora of decisions, including technology and room layouts, that are involved with integrating a room can be challenging for organizations that are investing in AV integration for the first time. To help make the decision making easier, check out our infographic where we have outlined the …